Some raised eyebrows when Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh replaced veteran Ed Warinner with tight ends coach Sherrone Moore, a guy who had played the position but never coached it at the collegiate level.
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The move seems to have paid off for many players, but one in particular.
Nolan Rumler (6-3, 328) was a Rivals.com four-star, the No. 141 player in his class out of Akron, Ohio three years ago. Some, like former Michigan All-American lineman Jon Jansen, loved him from the first moment they saw him. He played with a nasty streak, didn’t take plays off and was compact and powerful.